Carlos Saura García
Postdoctoral researcher in the research staff training program at Universidad Jaume I of Castellón (Spain). Graduated in Economics in 2019 from Universidad Jaume I (Academic Excellence Award GV). In 2020, he completed the Interuniversity Master’s Degree in Ethics and Democracy at Universidad Jaume I and Universidad de Valencia with the Master’s Thesis “La vigilancia en la democracia monitorizada. La irrupción del big data” (Extraordinary Master’s Degree Award). In December 2025, he completed his PhD in Ethics and Democracy with a thesis entitled “Datafeudalism and Democracy: The Domination of Big Tech Corporations in the Age of Generative AI,” supervised by Professor Patrici Calvo.
His research focuses on the study of the effects of big data technologies on society, particularly delving into three areas: ethical challenges of hyperconnectivity, datafication and algorithmization, implications of the GAMAM (Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft) in the treatment and use of massive data, and ethical implications of using massive data in democratic contests and democratic systems (mass democracy).
He has undertaken research stays at the Alma Mater Reserach Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at the Università di Bologna (Italy, 2022-2023), the Florence School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute (Italy, 2024), and the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University (Wales, 2026).
Relevant Publications
- Saura García, C. (2025) «Synthetification of public opinion: impacts on deliberative democracies». Ethics & Information Technology 27, 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10676-025-09870-1. - Calvo, P., y Saura García, C. (2024). «Democracia de la vigilancia: datos, activismo y contrapoder». Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, 19, 395-417. https://doi.org/10.
46661/rev.int.pensampolit.. 9612. - Saura García, C., y Calvo, P. (2024). «Opinión pública masiva: colonización algorítmica y sintetificación de la esfera pública». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, (138). https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.
2024.138.3.73. - Saura García, C. (2024). «Microtargeting político y vigilancia social masiva: impactos negativos en las democracias occidentales». Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (93), 73–89. https://doi.org/10.6018/
daimon.609851. - Saura García, C. (2024). «Poderes fácticos y tecnologías disruptivas: hacia una democracia de la vigilancia basada en el dominio de las plataformas digitales». Revista del CLAD Reforma y Democracia, 87, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.69733/clad.
ryd.n87.a1. - Saura García, C. (2024) «Datafeudalism: The Domination of Modern Societies by Big Tech Companies». Philosophy & Technology, (37), 90. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s13347-024-00777-1. - Sáenz Leandro, R. y Saura Garcia C. (2024) «China’s tech surveillance applications in Europe and Latin America: analysing the impact on democratic governance». European University Institute. STG Policy Brief 2024/17. https://data.europa.
eu/doi/10.2870/097533.. - Saura García, C. (2024) «Digital expansionism and big tech companies: consequences in democracies of the European Union». Humanit Soc Sci Commun, (11), 448. https://doi.org/10.1057/
s41599-024-02924-7. - Saura García, C. (2023) «El big data en los procesos políticos: hacia una democracia de la vigilancia». Revista De Filosofía, (80), 215–232. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-43602023000100215.
- Saura García, C. (2022) «El lado oscuro de las GAFAM: monopolización de los datos y pérdida de privacidad». Veritas. Revista de Filosofía y Teología, (52), 28-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-92732022000200009.
- Saura García, C. (2022) «Industria 4.0: Retos éticos de la dataficación e hiperconectividad industrial». Dilemata. Revista Internacional de Éticas Aplicadas, (37), 55-69.
Contact Details
Carlos Saura García
Phone: (+34) 964729573